Kevin Sumlin: “We’re coming to play, we’re coming to fight our ass off and win every game we can”

At the Texas A&M Coach’s Night in Houston this week, Sumlin told Aggies in attendance that the media didn’t seem to have a whole lot of faith in A&M as they joined the SEC.

According to Robert Cessna of The Bryan-College Station Eagle, Sumlin recalled offensive lineman Luke Joeckel telling him the media was skeptical on the plane back from Media Days.

“I don’t think those people think we’re any good,” Joeckel said. “They kept asking me what’s it like to be in the SEC. I tried to be positive, but I got the felling they think we’re going to get our brains kicked in.”

“Joeckel didn’t exactly say ‘get our brains kicked in,’ said Sumlin who got that same feeling after five hours of interviews,” writes Cessna.

The negativity didn’t stop there as Sumlin reiterated to the sold out crowd of 960 people.

“Guys, based on every question I got, they don’t think we have any defense. They don’t think our offense will work, and we don’t have a quarterback or kicker. Other than that we have no problem guys,” he said.

Cessna said that Sumlin finished his 20-minute speech by saying what the crowd needed to hear after hearing so much of what A&M isn’t ready for in the SEC.

“We’re coming to play, we’re coming to fight our ass off and win every game we can,” Sumlin said.

Cessna also wrote that options for improving Kyle Field will be presented to President R. Bowen Loftin in October according to Scott Taylor, chairman of the 12th Man Foundation.

Also announced at the event was that the player development center will be opened in August, along with news that the new player nutrition center will be named after R.C. Slocum.